The Yankees split their split squads on Saturday

The New York Yankees played a split squad on Saturday afternoon.  They defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-1 at home in Tampa and lost 1-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin.  Michael Pineda started the home game and was very good and Esmil Rogers started the road game and was very good.  Chase Headley had two hits in the home game and Alex Rodriguez had a hit in the road game. 

Pineda pitched three innings giving up a walk and striking out four.  Dellin Betances pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Andrew Miller pitched an inning striking out two and Nick Rumbelow got the win pitching 1 1/3 innings walking one and striking out two.  James Pazos pitched 2/3 of an inning, Jaren Long pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two and Jared Burton pitched an inning striking out one and saving his second game of the spring.   

In the road game Rogers pitched three innings giving up four hits and striking out three.  Chris Martin pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two, Danny Burawa pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Tyler Webb took the loss pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with a walk.  Cesar Vargas pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout and Diego Moreno pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two. 

The offense at home was led by Headley with two hits.  Didi Gregorius had a hit and an RBI, Jonathan Galvez drew a walk and Stephen Drew had a hit.  Mark Teixeira had an RBI, Austin Romine had a hit and Tyler Austin had a hit.  Ramon Flores had a hit, Mason Williams had a hit and Headley and Austin hit a double and Williams hit a triple.  The Yankees were 1-7 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Slade Heathcott had two stolen bases and Pineda had a pickoff. 

The offense in the road game didn't produce much.  Jacoby Ellsbury had a hit, Michael O'Neill had a hit and Rodriguez had a hit.  Chris Young had a hit and drew a walk, Eddy Rodriguez drew a walk and Cole Figueroa had a hit.  Figueroa hit a double and the Yankees were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  O'Neill had a stolen base and Ellsbury was picked off.  Gardner had an outfield assist. 

The only run scored in the road game was an RBI single by Caleb Gindl in the sixth inning.  In the home game Gregorius hit a sac fly in the third to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.  IN the fourth Josh Wilson hit an RBI ground out to tie the game at one.  In the sixth Teixeira hit into a force out to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead as two runs scored on the play.  There was an error involved and a runner thrown out at second.  In the seventh a balk scored the final run of the game to make it 4-1 which was the final score.

The Yankees will take on the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon in Tampa.  They will then have their first day off of spring training before resuming Tuesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays in Tampa.